Young Jeezy is free and clear of weapons charges after a judge in Miami found insufficient evidence to continue the case stemming from a March shootout in Miami Beach.
At a brief hearing, prosecutor Audrey Frank told Miami-Dade Circuit Judge David Young that the state would not pursue two counts of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit against the 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jay Jenkins.
According to Jeezy’s Miami attorney, Donald Bierman, the rapper was "simply at the wrong place at the wrong time" when a fight broke out between two groups of men outside the Mansion nightclub in South Beach. Shots rang out after a passer-by who was videotaping the fight refused to hand over his camera. No one was injured.
Miami Beach police stopped vehicles containing the groups of men and found a semiautomatic handgun under Jeezy’s seat. He said the weapon wasn't his and that he had fired no shots.
"As we told everyone that day, no weapons in the car belonged to Young Jeezy," said Jenkins' New York lawyer, Scott Leemon. "We are glad that he is able to put this behind him and refocus on what he does best — making hit records."
At a brief hearing, prosecutor Audrey Frank told Miami-Dade Circuit Judge David Young that the state would not pursue two counts of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit against the 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jay Jenkins.
According to Jeezy’s Miami attorney, Donald Bierman, the rapper was "simply at the wrong place at the wrong time" when a fight broke out between two groups of men outside the Mansion nightclub in South Beach. Shots rang out after a passer-by who was videotaping the fight refused to hand over his camera. No one was injured.
Miami Beach police stopped vehicles containing the groups of men and found a semiautomatic handgun under Jeezy’s seat. He said the weapon wasn't his and that he had fired no shots.
"As we told everyone that day, no weapons in the car belonged to Young Jeezy," said Jenkins' New York lawyer, Scott Leemon. "We are glad that he is able to put this behind him and refocus on what he does best — making hit records."
